Well I have been a cowboy dang near all my lifeThat good ol' cowboy music is all I'm supposed to likeBut here lately I don't know what's happening but I'm losin' controlI'm losin' controlTo a little longhaired outlaw who's a ridin' somewhere deep down in my soulHe likes rock and rollWell he rides a pinto stallion down the canyons of my mindMakes camp beneath a memory below the timberlineGot a little electric fender guitar plugs direct into my soulRight into my soulTurns up the volume bends them guitar strings and plays that rock and rollAh and here he goes[ guitar ]Well I can be do a concert strummin' along just finePlaying Little Joe The Wrangler when somethin' snaps inside my mindAnd I can feel that longhaired music wellin' up from the rivers of my soulWhere the music flowsWhen that little longhair outlaw takes over and makes me play that rock and roll oh yeah[ keyboards ]Now if you like cowboy music and you don't like this songWell I'd like to apologize if the tune kinda came out wrongBut you see I can't help myself the little longhair has got controlAnd he won't let goBut I'll get back to my cowboy music but sometimes you gotta play a little rock and rollIt's my turn it's about time[ guitar ]